Temperatures rose on Sunday and hey presto the carp began to feed. It was certainly noticeable at Tunnel Barn Farm, where the open on Extension and New Pools saw the best two weights for ages. Mosella’s Dave James topped the 53-strong field after drawing peg 21 on Extension and weighing in 136-4-0 of F1s on […]
Weights On The Up At Tunnel Barn Farm
Tough Going For Hardy Midlands Canal Anglers
A howling wind greeted anglers fishing the WBC Angling event on the Grand Union Canal at Tyseley in the city near Acocks Green at the weekend, and that made pole fishing difficult. But winner Tony Foster winkled out over 4lb of roach fishing squatt and pinkie down the middle and over the far side from […]
Darren Cox Through To Fish O Mania Final
Cox nets winning spot at Preston Innovations Boldings Fish ‘O’ Mania Bitterly cold conditions with a biting wind greeted the 130 competitors for this, the second of the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifiers for 2013 held at Preston Innovations Boldings, Bridgnorth on Saturday 13th April. The early arrivals for the event had taken their customary walk […]
Boost For Harrell’s River ‘Fish ‘O’ Mania’ Plan
Plans to try and get a Fish O Mania style river event off the ground have received a boost with the backing of the Angling Trust, the sport’s governing body. Chief executive Mark Lloyd said: “The idea has captured the imagination of match anglers and we are keen to get the competition started either this […]
Power books his lucky ticket in the Fish ‘O’ Mania grand final
Lucky Local angler, Andy Power (Preston Innovations Thatcher’s) a trainee electrician from Somerset had contemplated a lie in on Saturday 6th April for the first Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier of 2013, but proved his luck was in. Andy was showing as 17th place on the reserve list on the day, but due to a […]
The Barston Masters 2013 Results
The Barston Masters 2013 sponsored by Greys and Bagem Matchbaits kicked of over the weekend. Mick wilkinson floats was the Qualifying sponsor who kindly donated a range of his floats. The day started with Icey cold conditions with a third of the lake being frozen. Some anglers had to break ice but with it only […]
Stoke Works Grueller Draws To A Close
Hats off to the brave match anglers who fished the Browning West Midlands Pairs winter series, which concluded at the weekend with another grueller on the Birmingham-Worcester Canal at Stoke Works. Throughout the series any weight over a pound has been good and that continued on Sunday with Smithies’ Roger Kimberley taking the honours with […]
Starlets Win The Sensas Challenge At Last
Birmingham’s Kamasan Starlets saw off 25 teams including Daiwa Dorking to win the CIPS Rules Annual Sensas Challenge held over two days at Packington Somers and Barston Lakes. The team of Mark Downes, Stephen Fry, Steve Hemingray, Darren Cox and Sean Ashby put in two consistent performances for a team total of 42.5 points, which […]
World Match Fishing Pairs 2013
The big money Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Competition is set to take place 9-13th September 2013. The Irish counties Monaghan, Fermanagh, Cavan and Leitrim produced some good natural water fishing for the inaugural match in September 2012, with winners Phil Jackson and Cathal Hughes walking away with a cheque for a cool […]
River Severn Saving The Day
While the stillwaters freeze, the River Severn at Stourport has been providing some decent sport with the Halesowen Royal British Legion match there on Sunday producing a 17lb 10oz winning weight of dace to John Billingham, who fished stick float and maggot. It was tight for second with Brian Smith weighing in 11-14-0 and Martyn […]
Drennan Team England announce new line up for European Championship
Mark Downes and Mark Addy, Joint Drennan Team England Managers, have announced their England squad to compete in this year’s 19th Coarse Angling European Championship in Novisad, Serbia on the Danube canal from 24th – 30th June.Following last year’s European silver medal win in Spain, Mark Downes and Mark Addy have decided to give some […]
Kamasan Starlets In Winter League Southern Semi Final
Kamasan Starlets shine at the Angling Trust Winter League Southern Semi Final on the Grand Union Canal, Milton Keynes Following an overnight drop in temperature most anglers found their pegs frozen, but luckily most had thawed an hour into the match which led to a slow start at the Angling Trust Winter League Southern semi-final […]
England Feeder anglers to compete at the European Feeder Friendly in Holland
The Van Den Eynde European Feeder Friendly International will be taking place again this year on 6th-7th April in Holland on the Ghent-Terneuzen canal.Last year saw two teams cross over the channel for this friendly feeder match representing the Angling Trust and team sponsors, Preston Innovations with the two teams bagging up the medals. […]
Team Daiwa Dorking win the Winter League Southern Semi Final
Cold but otherwise perfect conditions greeted the 100 competitors to the first Southern semi final of the Angling Trust Winter League at Gold Valley Lakes, Aldershot on Saturday 2nd March 2013. A slow start for most, and unfortunately a few blanks as the carp were still tightly shoaled, but otherwise some excellent weights were recorded […]
England Youth Trials 2013
Larford Lakes is hosting a round of trials to find out who will represent England’s Under-23 side in the forthcoming world match fishing championships, which will be fished in July along the River Villaines in Brittany, France. The trial takes place on March 23rd along the venue’s Burr Bank with trialists fishing 75% of the […]
